Ex Libris: Annotating Books from the William A. Clark Memorial Library

It foes but show their ignorance,can he who scorns the leaf of knowledge, love the tree?

Browne calls the foes of tobacco ignorant going on to call tobacco the leaf of knowledge. Considering how Browne calls the foes of tobacco ignorant, this is interest as in the previous lines Browne mentions how women were a large part of the group who didn't like smoking.

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